Hay fever while the sun shines

Been away from the plot for a week (though hoping to get there tomorrow evening). But we have been painting, planting and building at the beach hut. Our last visit saw us planting baby trees in a snowstorm at Easter, and they have all survived and thrived, with bright emerald buttons of new leaf (though there is one fir I am concerned about). But the three larch, the rest of the fir and pine and silver birch are all bursting with life. So much so that for the first time ever have had hay fever... the silver birch catkins particularly rained down pollen.

Could not let the rash, the stinging eyes and the inability to breathe get in the way, so armed with antihistamine, we headed out for more trees: two pears escaliared on the south-facing newly painted wooden wall and an old variety apple, plus two groups of three red and three white rugosa (and only £1.50 each!)

Have added a thin layer of topsoil to the land the tree surgeon churned up in the winter and this is now seeded with grasses and wildflower at the woody edges. If it does as well as the dandelions we will be very happy, have never seen so many fields of happy yellow faces, though perhaps too happy for my taste (believe Jane at Fern Verrow values them, though not entirely sure why?).

Am only lately coming to appreciate 'weed' (and, no, not the sort you smoke). Spent much of last year trying to persuade Dan Pearson of the benefits of leaving some dotted round the plot. My favourite was a particularly impressive thistle that I had to rescue a few times from the compost and other over-enthusiastic allotmenteers. But enough about us, how is your garden growing in the glorious sun... and what is your favourite weed/wildflower?